Electric motor or generator



(No Model.)

.I. E. STOREY.

. ELECTRIC MOTOR OR GENERATOR.

I No. 418,853. Patented Jan. 7,1890.

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IMLE E. STOREY, OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

ELECTRIC MOTOR OR GENERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,853, dated January7, 1890.

Application filed April 16, 1889. Serial No. 307,418. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IMLE E. STOREY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Boulder, in the count-y of Boulder and State of 0010- rado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Motors orGenerators, of which the following is a specification. My inventionrelates to electric motors or generators with a view to improving theconstruction of the field-magnets and the magnetic circuit generally, tothe end thatincreased efficiency may be obtained and a form of motorparticularly adapted to electric drills provided. The field magnets areinclosed in a laminated ring. They consist of four spools radiating fromthe center and bolted to the inside of the ring. I

Thedetails of construction will now be described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation,partly in section, of one side of the machine, the other side being itscounterpart. Fig. 2 represents a section of one of the magnets, taken online as 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line y y of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a view of one of the plates of which the magnets are built up;and Fig. 5 is a diagrammatical view, on a small scale, of the completemagnet.

A represents a ring or shell made up of laminations or of a continuousstrip of soft iron wound spirally and riveted together at intervals. Thefield-magnet spools B are four in number and are grouped in pairs, thespools of each pair having'a common pole-piece O. I secure this.construction by building up the magnets of a number of plates 1). (Shownin Fig. 4.) Each plate aids in the building up of both magnets and thecommon poles of each pair. A number of these plates are placed togetheror on top of each other and are bound together by means of bolts b and bAgainst the top and bottom plates I place a dropforged piece of steel 0,having the same shape in outline as the plates themselves, but ofdifferent cross-section. The bolts I) pass laterally through the pieces0 and the plates. The bolts 12 pass through the ringA and into the endsof pieces 0. In this way the parts of the magnet are held together andthe spools secured to the ring. That portion of the pieces 0 surroundingthe pole-pieces is formed with a shoulder to confine the winding whichsurrounds the body of the core.

This form of motor I have found to be well adapted for driving drills,as it is compact in structure and is well fitted to be secured in thedrill -frame. The laminations, besides preventing heating, also enableme to build this form of motor cheaply.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. An electric motor orgenerator embodying an annulus of iron, to the inner side of which aresecured four field-magnets arranged in pairs,'the magnets of each pairconnected to a common pole-piece.

2. An electric motor or generator embodying an annulus of laminatediron, to the inner side of which are secured a plurality offieldniagnets having laminated cores, for the purpose described.

3. A11 electric motor or generator embodying an annulus of laminatediron, to the inner side of which are secured a plurality of fieldmagnetshaving laminated cores, said magnets being arranged in pairs and themagnets of each pair connected to a common pole-piece.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

IMLE E. STOREY. Witnesses:

WM. A. ROSENBAUM,- THOMAS K. 'FEENOHARD.

